The 2024 Summer Series has now been completed!
Rules/general
+ The Summer Series is designed as a more accessible, more local, shorter-term, shorter-distance, lower-cost version of the Championship, held partly on Summer evenings, from late April to the end of August (normally, sometimes a bit later).
+ Aside from those seeking to win silverware/glassware for a Top Three finish in this contest (separate contests for M and F, but no age category prizes), there is a finisher medal for those that ‘complete’ the annual series.
+ To receive a Summer Series (SS) medal, you need to complete 6 out of 8 nominated SS races (as per the list below).
+ Full rules, scoring etc appear at 4 here.
+ Each year, the Series seeks to avoid (too many) clashes with the summer holiday season, and, with its 6-from-8 approach provides good flexibility.
+ After discussion at the 2022 AGM, where it was tentatively proposed (but strongly rejected) to make the SS ‘more tarmac’, the SS remains a mixture of road, trail and mixed road/trail races.
+ Courses/races used over the last 10 years were these (showing how many needed to be completed each year; rules have altered over the years).
The 2024 races themselves (8)
| Race | Date | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Montrose parkrun | Sat 20th April | COMPLETED - Results here |
| Thornhill 10K | Sunday 5th May | COMPLETED - Results here |
| Milnathort Dash (~5 miles) | Thurs 27th June | COMPLETED - Results here |
| Falkirk parkrun | Saturday 29th June | COMPLETED - Results here |
| Crieff 10K | Sun 7th July | COMPLETED - Results here |
| Graham Clark Memorial | Tues 13th August | COMPLETED - Results here |
| Cambus Quarter | Sun 25th August | COMPLETED - Results here |
| East Neuk 10K | Sun 22nd September | COMPLETED - Results here |
If a race is lost…
The rules allow for more ad hoc replacements than is allowed in the Championship. If a race is lost, we shall seek to find a replacement of similar length (if possible), preferably (but not necessarily) in Perthshire, and offer a minimum of 2 weeks of notice (and ideally more) for this. Members will be notified by email/here and on the website/FB page.
After the final race:
We have a couple of winners! Congratulations go to Lorraine MacPherson and Gordon Lindsay!
Well done to all who took part!
Results from previous years
2021 (based on seven Strava time trials owing to COVID-19)
2020 not held owing to COVID-19